Thesaurus: barren

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1. a. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
2. a. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
3. a. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
4. a. Mentally dull; stupid.
5. n. A tract of barren land.
6. n. Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
7. adj. providing no shelter or sustenance
8. adj. not bearing offspring
9. adj. completely wanting or lacking
10. n. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation